Lieutenant Colonel Robert R. Robb is the Commander, Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 550 and Professor of Aerospace Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York. He is responsible to oversee the recruiting, training, education, and evaluation of the next generation of professional Air Force officers.

Lieutenant Colonel Robb was commissioned into the Air Force in 1993 through Air Force ROTC Detachment 855, Brigham Young University. He has served in a variety of positions including research, development, financial management, program management, and operational testing and deployed to Afghanistan under Operation ENDURING FREEDOM where he administered and instigated transition of Dari and Pashto literacy instruction to the Afghan National Security Forces.EDUCATION
1993 Bachelor of Science in Physics, Brigham Young University, Provo UT
1997 Master of Arts in Geography, Boston University, Boston MA

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Defense Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters
Air Force Achievement Medal
Afghanistan Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal
NATO Non-Article 5 Medal